[http://youtu.be/xc6cfJztR8A] (YouTube link)When you learn new words by reading and not so much by hearing them, it's easy to mispronounce them in your head. Then later, if you hear the word spoken, you might not even re...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/08/01/79-Common-Mispronunciations/Here's a great game for proud grammar nazis and everyone else, too. How fast can you spot improper word usage and spelling? Really fast? Here's a game to test whether your opinion matches your skills. All you have to do...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/07/26/You-Cant-Write-Proper-English-Under-Pressure/There are around a half-million words in the full... ...re around a half-million words in the full Oxford English Dictionary, though most people use only a few tho... ...V rocket using only the 1,000 most commonly-used English words. This comic grew out of Munroe's journeys i... ...s comic grew out of Munroe'...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/20/US-Space-Teams-Up-Goer-Five/[http://youtu.be/_8Ctwl63XCg] (YouTube link)This e... ...oduces the game only promises to teach your child English words. Teaching them how to be polite about their...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/09/24/Hungry-Pumkin/Quick, say "ghoti." If you didn't... ...obviously you don't know anything about English spelling. Try this: pronounce gh... ...Ghoti has been used by advocates of English spelling reform as far back as 1855 (it was... ...ir efforts to simplify the spellings of *s...
https://www.neatorama.com/trivia/2012/09/09/Ghoti-is-Pronounced-Fish-in-the-English-Language/(YouTube link) Busted! These two guys from Russia were driving through Ukraine and thought they'd be clever and get out of a speeding violation by not understanding the language. They thought. Score one for the Ukrain...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/23/do-you-speak-english/(YouTube link) Why do we say "Ye Olde" somethin... ...lde" something-or-other when we want to sound Old English ? According to the history of the term, it was nev...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/23/ye-olde-explanation/J.M. Errington of Haonowshaokao... .... Errington of Haonowshaokao blog is an Englishman who studied linguistsics and is currently teachin... ...linguistsics and is currently teaching English in Beijing, China, so he'd know about this: how t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/03/28/categorization-of-baked-goods-and-pancakes-in-english-and-chinese/America, linguistically speaking... ...peaking, is launching a relentless assault on the English language. "Americanism," as i... ...and expressions that have infiltrated the English language worldwide: Try not to v...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/24/the-economist-on-americanisms/English is a fascinating language, particularly in that m... ...s from ancient Greece. Here are a few fascinating English words with roots dating back to stories of Zeus a... ...of which have played a fascinating role in modern English words –and I didn’t even incl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/19/10-words-originating-from-greek-mythology/
